September 23, 2021

Cybersecurity experts from across several colleges at the University of Cincinnati presented a multi-day, virtual workshop on new approaches to cyber education for Philippine higher education officials. The four-day workshop is part of an effort to expand educational opportunities in cybersecurity in the Philippines, for which the University of Cincinnati’s interdisciplinary approach can serve as a model.

September 15, 2021

The University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science added 16 new faculty members in 2021. Four joined In January and 12 joined in August. The faculty additions marks the continued growth across the college.

September 9, 2021

The University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science is honoring alumnus William J Kramer Jr. with the Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest alumni honor. Bill Kramer led General Tool Company for 50 years and was supportive of engineering students through committees to raise funds for scholarships and by hosting more than 100 co-op students through the years.

September 2, 2021

Ryan Royer was sure of two things: he wanted to play college football and he wanted to be an engineer. Undeterred by the hard work that both of his passions required, Royer is now entering his final year as a linebacker for the University of Cincinnati Bearcats and he will earn his mechanical engineering degree this spring.

August 27, 2021

Through his research in the Integrated Vehicle Design Lab at the University of Cincinnati, Mohammad Behtash merges his interests in green energy and automotive technology to design optimization algorithms that could be used by the electric vehicle industry to build less costly and more efficient cars. Behtash, a mechanical engineering doctoral student, was selected by UC’s College of Engineering and Applied Science as the Graduate Student Engineer of the Month.

August 18, 2021

University of Cincinnati professor Sheryl Sorby received the 2021 Clair L. Felbinger Award for Diversity and Inclusion from the ABET Board of Delegates. The award is presented by the accreditation board for extraordinary success in achieving diversity in technological segments of our society. Sorby, a professor in the Department of Engineering Education in UC’s College of Engineering and Applied Science, developed software and course workbooks to help engineering students, particularly women, grasp spatial visualization, something she struggled with herself as a student.

August 11, 2021

Prudhviraj Naidu chose to study computer science because he wants to give people back some of their time by simplifying mundane tasks through AI. Naidu graduated in spring 2021 from the University of Cincinnati with his bachelor’s degree in computer science. Naidu is working as a junior machine learning engineer at a startup, Passio Inc., that focuses on machine learning. He was named Undergraduate Student Engineer of the Month by UC’s College of Engineering and Applied Science.

August 4, 2021

Autumn Maher, a University of Cincinnati civil engineering student who will graduate in 2022, was one of just a few students nationwide selected for the 2021 Student Leadership Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for her leadership and dedication to the UC student chapter. Maher is president of UC's student chapter and has interned at Marathon Petroleum.

July 28, 2021

A team of University of Cincinnati engineering students won first place in the virtual Environmental Challenge International Competition hosted by the Air and Waste Management Association. For the challenge, the students were tasked with proposing effective solutions to a simulated environmental problem based on real-world events. Their winning solution included suggesting modular nuclear energy.

July 28, 2021

Yoonjee Park, assistant professor of chemical engineering at University of Cincinnati's College of Engineering and Applied Science, developed a biodegradable drug delivery device that is activated by light, which would allow for on-demand dosing and fewer side effects for treatment of posterior eye diseases. With recent funding awards from the National Institute of Health and a Young Investigator Award from Ohio Lions Eye Research Foundation, Park and her research team are testing the safety and efficacy of the device. In 2019, she also participated in UC’s Venture Lab business pre-accelerator.